Improved boot-blacking stand



UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID KEYSER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' IMPROVED BOOT-BLACKING STAND.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,240, dated May 18, 1862.

Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of a stand or stool composed of a box containing a drawer and having a lid to'which is secured a block, the whole being combined and arranged, as set forth hereinafter,so as to facilitate the operation of cleaning boots or shoes and keeping together all the implements required in that operation, the stand at the same time presenting an appearance neat enough to permit it to take its place among other furniture of a room.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 isa vertical section of my improved stand or stool on which to black boots or shoes; Fig. 2, a plan view; and Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The stand or stool con sists of a box, A, having suitable legs, a, a lid, B, being hinged to the box, the interiorof which is separated by a permanent partition, Z), into two compart ments, the upper one, C, for containing slippers, boots, or shoes, and the lower compartment containing a drawer, D, to the inside of which is secured a block, d, having a circular recess, 6, of suflicient diameter to receive the ordinary tin box containing blacking, the depth of the recess being somewhat less than that of the blacking-box.

The drawer may also be used as a receptacle for blacking-brushes, which, if necessary, may be deposited in the upper compartment of the box.

To the top of the lid 13 is secured a block, E, of a form approximating to that of the sole of a boot ,or shoe, the upper surface of the block being depressed at one end for the receptionof the heel, and a metal plate, f; being secured to this depressed portion of the block, the surface of which has similar metal plates, h h. l

The above-described stand or stool is in tended to be used as a means of facilitating the. blacking of boots or shoes after the latter have been fitted to the feet of the wearer, who, seated on a chair, draws the stand toward him, and after withdrawing the brushes from their receptacle and opening the drawer D, so as to expose the box of blacking, places his foot on the block E and proceeds to clean, black'en, and polish his boots or shoes by the usual operations, the height of the block being such as to enable him to apply his brushes to the edges of the soles. \Vhen the operation has been completed, the brushes are returned to their places within the box, the drawer is closed, and the stool moved to any out-of-the-way position desired.

' The exterior of the box may be neatly painted, varnished, or otherwise ornamented, so as to present an appearance neat enough to permit it to take its place among other articles of furniture in the room.

It will be seen that .my improved stand or stool not only serves to keep together, ready for use and to conceal from view, all the implements required for cleaning boots or shoes, but serves as a medium for facilitating the cleansing operation, and may take its place in a room without detracting from the orderly and neat appearance of the latter.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to claim, broadly, a block, E, placed on a stand as a rest for the foot during the operation of cleaning a boot or shoe; but

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent As a new manufacture, the, box A, drawer D, lid 13, and block E, when combined and arranged as set forth, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID KEYSER.

Vitnesses:

HENRYHOWSON, J OHN WHITE. 

